Perceptions of usability and usefulness of digital libraries

Perceptions of the Faculty Members of Social Science Groups about the Challenges of Using Digital Information Resources and Libraries: A Case Study of Islamic Azad University

Exploring usefulness and usability in the evaluation of open access digital libraries

Advances in the publishing world have emerged new models of digital library development. Open access schemes are expanding their presence and realize the idea of digital library in various means. While user-centered evaluation of digital libraries has drawn considerable attention during the last years, these systems are currently view from the publishing, economic and scientometric perspectives...

Discovering the Underlying Components Affecting the Usability of IoT in Iranian Libraries: A Theory Based on Context

Objective: The aim is to discover the underlying context components of IOT usability in Iranian libraries: A qualitative approach consistent with grounded theory. Method: This qualitative study was conducted based on grounded theory. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 13 faculty members of knowledge and information science based on purposeful and chain methods. Responsi...

Usability of Mobile Website of the Libraries of Top Medical Sciences Universities in Iran

Background and Aim: One of the essential methods of evaluating academic libraries’ mobile websites is the usability analysis method; websites’ usability means their ease and simplicity of use. This study aims to evaluate the usability of the mobile website of the libraries of top medical universities in Iran. This study aims to evaluate the usability of mobile websites of the libraries of top I...

Multiple Cultures , Multiple Intelligences : Applying Cognitive Theory to Usability of Digital Libraries

In an increasingly wired world, digital libraries are increasingly serving a worldwide audience. Even if initially designed for a local user population, a digital library can easily fi nd itself not only serving its own community and culture, but also representing that society to a larger, international audience. As ”cultural ambassadors” to the world (Komlodi, Caidi & Wheeler 2004, 585), then,...